SO 200. INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY
Third Exam Essay Questions
STUDY GUIDES
Giddens et al., Chapters
1, 2, and 3
Giddens et al., Chapters
4, 5,, and 6
Giddens at al., Chapters
7 & 8
Giddens et al., Chapters
9-11
Giddens et al., Chapters
12-13
Giddens et al., Chapters
15-16
CHAPTER 1 - tHE sOCIOLOGICAL peRSPECTIVE AND RESEARCH
Here are my notes on C. Wright Mills, "The Promise," a chapter from his book, THE SOCIOLOGICAL IMAGINATION.
chapters 2 & 3 - culture and socialization
My notes on "human nature."
My notes on "Culture."
chapters 4 & 5 - INTERACTION, GROUPS, NETWORKS, AND ORGANIZATIONS
CHAPTER 6 - DEVIANCE AND CRIME
CHAPTER 7 - INEQUALITY, SOCIAL CLASS, AND POVERTY
Here is my outline (including notes and comments) of a chapter in a text different from the one assigned this semester.
CHAPTER 8 - GLOBALIZATION AND GLOBAL INEQUALITY
Here are my notes on a chapter about the World System in Harold R. Kerbo (2006), World Poverty: Global Inequality and the Modern World System (McGraw-Hill).
My notes on "Rich World, Poor Women" ─ A Bill Moyers special on Women and Globalization.
CHAPTER 9 - GENDER IENQUALITY
Outline of a chapter on gender in another introductory sociology textbook.
Chapter 10 - race and racism
Here are my notes on the three episodes of
"Race: the Power of an Illusion."
Episode One: The
Difference between Us
Episode Two:
The Story We Tell
Episode
Three: The House We Live In
CHAPTER 11 - FAMILIES AND INTIMATE RELATIONSHIPS
CHAPTER 12 - EDUCATION AND RELIGION
The institution of education is all about socializing students, first into society generally and then into specific technological and organizational roles. Part of that socialization involves weeding out particular persons and groups, essentially selecting them for failure. Schools impart various myths that are intended to reinforce dominant ideologies, including individualism.
Lani Guinier is a distinguished law professor at Harvard
Law School. She has written extensively about affirmative action,
electoral systems, and discrimination. In this article from Dollars & Sense
Magazine, she examines the concept of "merit" and its relationship to
university admissions and student performance.
"The Meritocracy Myth"
CHAPTER 13 - POLITICS AND THE ECONOMY
CHAPTER 15 - URBANIZATION & THE ENVIRONMENT
CHAPTER 16 - SOCIAL MOVEMENTS & GLOBALIZATION